I.B. Fine wrote:Can we get a poll going? Who's tuning to BET to watch Maxine explain how evil Trump is after the SOTU?

What the fuck is this

Maxine Waters couldn't waste her time to go listen to the Trump, but she can waste it giving an 'unofficial' rebuttal on BET. Should be entertaining, if you like bat shit crazy. I think the Dems have at least 3 separate responsesTravis, maybe you can record all of them to watch later, not just JK III

Maxine Waters couldn't waste her time to go listen to the Trump, but she can waste it giving an 'unofficial' rebuttal on BET. Should be entertaining, if you like bat shit crazy. I think the Dems have at least 3 separate responsesTravis, maybe you can record all of them to watch later, not just JK III

Oh is she actually going on BET? That’s cool. I just thought you were being super racist. My bad.

Also everyone responds to everything now there is no such thing as a response to any of this meaningless drivel try to keep up with the times.

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Bernie wrote:But what President Trump failed to mention is that his first year in office marked the lowest level of job creation since 2010. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 254,000 fewer jobs were created in Trump’s first 11 months in office than were created in the 11 months before he entered office.

Further, when we talk about the economy, what’s most important is to understand what is happening to the average worker. And here’s the story that Trump failed to mention tonight.

Over the last year, after adjusting for inflation, the average worker in America saw a wage increase of, are you ready for this, 4 cents an hour, or 0.17%. Or, to put it in a different way, that worker received a raise of a little more than $1.60 a week. And, as is often the case, that tiny wage increase disappeared as a result of soaring health care costs.

Meanwhile, at a time of massive wealth and income inequality, the rich continue to get much richer while millions of American workers are working two or three jobs just to keep their heads above water. Since March of last year, the three richest people in America saw their wealth increase by more than $68 billion. Three people. A $68 billion increase in wealth. Meanwhile, the average worker saw an increase of 4 cents an hour.

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I realllllly hope he doesn’t run and that there is a different candidate with a different name who is exactly like him in every way to pick from. I’m concerned about the trump like rabidness of his super fans who won’t accept anyone else even if they are the same fuckin thing (as noted by otpts once every 6 months post on the bin.)

But all of that is still really a long way off and I’m frankly far more concerned with winning the house back.

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Travis can't see the forest for the trees. There's no unifying principle in the Democratic Party. There's nothing that really sets them apart from the Trump agenda. They may well take control of one or both houses this year, but Trump could easily get reelected if they don't stop this right center nonsense. He's got the bully pulpit, he's got an economy that's chugging along (even if the majority of workers are still getting screwed). What can they offer that's better?

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Rocinante wrote:Travis can't see the forest for the trees. There's no unifying principle in the Democratic Party. There's nothing that really sets them apart from the Trump agenda. They may well take control of one or both houses this year, but Trump could easily get reelected if they don't stop this right center nonsense. He's got the bully pulpit, he's got an economy that's chugging along (even if the majority of workers are still getting screwed). What can they offer that's better?

This is mostly nonsense. Actually, the problem isn’t that I can’t see the forest from the trees. The problem is that you are worried about the horizon while the sun is still not even close to half way around the other side of the world. Focus on the forest roc. Or whatever.

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Rocinante wrote:It’s still the platform, Travis. Did they rename it? I hav bro idea. It’s still what they’re going with.

Who is they? I have no idea. I donated a bunch of money to winning local house races. Is “they” doing something? Frankly I don’t care. Go worry about Idaho or whatever. That’s the most helpful thing you can do. I do not need a report back.

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